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Bangladesh

The Bangladesh Red Crescent Blood Service has been a GAP priority country since 2014. Following GAP's visits to the Bangladesh in 2014 and 2015, and in consultation with the Director of the Bangladesh Red Crescent Blood Service and key stakeholders in-country, a plan for GAP and bilateral partner support for the Bangladesh Red Crescent Blood Service was developed.

The areas of support identified were:

Assistance in advocacy with government

Support for an operationalised strategic plan

Assistance to design and implement a quality system

Training for technical staff

Assistance in business case developed for facility improvement/rebuild

Blood Service Strategic Planning

GAP has assisted the Bangladesh Red Crescent Blood Service Director in developing a strategic plan for the Blood Service, a key corporate governance and risk reduction strategy. In late 2015, GAP's visit to Bangladesh culminated in a strategic planning workshop, including blood service participants from Dhaka and 5 of the 7 regional centres (Chittagong, Jessore, Sylhet, Natore and Rajshani).

The finalised strategic plan identifies the key strategic pillars and the foundation requirements essential to the Blood Service to deliver their strategy (quality system, human resources, funding). Assistance was provided to the Bangladesh Red Crescent Blood Service to help develop the key objectives, core activities and associated monitoring and evaluation measures. The plan also considered funding, resourcing constraints and other barriers to implementation, and suggested way to address these issues.

Above: Bangladesh Red Crescent Blood Service Director (Dr Mehedi) at a Blood Service workshop in Bangladesh